Ophiactis resiliens Brittle star

Ophiactis resiliensis commonly referred to as Brittle star. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Ophiactis resiliens.Under rocks at Long Bay marine reserve, North Shore, Auckland.2022

Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 12845
AphiaID:: 243465

Scientific:: Ophiactis resiliens
German:: Schlangenstern
English:: Brittle Star

Category:: Brittle stars

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Amphilepidida (Order) > Ophiactidae (Family) > Ophiactis (Genus) > resiliens (Species)
Initial determination:: Lyman, 1879

Occurrence:: Australia, New Zealand, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia)
Sea depth:: 1 - 30 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 7.87" (2cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: 51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C)
Food:: Detritus, Diatoms
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ophiactis abyssicola
Ophiactis affinis
Ophiactis algicola
Ophiactis amator
Ophiactis asperula
Ophiactis balli
Ophiactis brachyaspis
Ophiactis brachygenys
Ophiactis brachyura
Ophiactis brasiliensis
Ophiactis brevis
Ophiactis canotia
Ophiactis carnea
Ophiactis crosnieri
Ophiactis definita
Ophiactis delagoa
Ophiactis dyscrita
Ophiactis flexuosa
Ophiactis fuscolineata
Ophiactis gymnochora
Ophiactis hemiteles
Ophiactis hexacantha
Ophiactis hirta
Ophiactis kroeyeri
Ophiactis lethe
Ophiactis ljungmani
Ophiactis loricata
Ophiactis luetkeni
Ophiactis luteomaculata
Ophiactis lymani
Ophiactis macrolepidota
Ophiactis modesta
Ophiactis muelleri
Ophiactis nama
Ophiactis nidarosiensis
Ophiactis notabilis
Ophiactis perplexa
Ophiactis picteti
Ophiactis plana
Ophiactis profundi
Ophiactis quadrispina
Ophiactis quinqueradia
Ophiactis resiliens
Schlangenstern
Ophiactis rubropoda
Ophiactis savignyi
Ophiactis seminuda
Ophiactis simplex
Ophiactis spinulifera
Ophiactis tricolor
Ophiactis tyleri
Ophiactis virens

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-03-05 12:22:08
Last edit:: 2020-03-05 12:23:19

Info

Ophiactis resiliens Lyman, 1879

Medium-sized species. Lives among seaweeds, sponges, kelp and bryozoans. Food consists mainly of diatoms.

Distribution: New Zealand and Tasman Sea, including southern and eastern Australia.

Synonymised names:
Ophiactis nomentis Farquhar, 1907

Scientific paper

Peptidergic and Serotonergic Immunoreactivity in the Metamorphosing Ophiopluteus of Ophiactis resiliens (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea), Paula A. Cisternas and Maria Byrne, 2003
Reproduction ofOphiactis resiliens(Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in New South Wales with observations on recruitment, I. Falkner; M. Byrne, 2003

External links

Museums Victoria Collections (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Ophiactis resiliens.Under rocks at Long Bay marine reserve, North Shore, Auckland.2022

Foto: Puponga Point, Cornwallis, Neuseeland

Brittle Star with a missing arm,Ophiactis resiliens, Goat Island Marine reserve,2019

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